Glass and Ceramics

High grade ceramic materials are crucial for every industrial process with high temperatures above 1200 °C such as metal production (steel, copper and aluminum), cement, glass, energy generation and waste incineration. They are used where metals have reached their physical limits and components are exposed to thermal, mechanical, or chemical stress.

Certainly glass is one of the most important and fascinating material since ancient times, although in a physical sense the description ‘glass’ might be misleading. Nowadays the description ‘glass’ is more commonly used as a synonym for a state of aggregation between fluid and solid. But this particular property of glass makes it a universal material, which can be used for countless applications.